This third volume of the Savage Frontier series focuses   on the evolution of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in Texas during   the years 1840 and 1841. Comanche Indians were the leading rival to the   pioneers during this period. Peace negotiations in San Antonio collapsed   during the Council House Fight, prompting what would become known as the   "Great Comanche Raid" in the summer of 1840.  Stephen L. Moore covers the resulting Battle of Plum Creek and other   engagements in new detail. Rangers, militiamen, and volunteers made   offensive sweeps into West Texas and the Cross Timbers area of present   Dallas-Fort Worth. During this time Texas' Frontier Regiment built a great   military road, roughly parallel to modern Interstate 35. Moore also shows   how the Colt repeating pistol came into use by Texas Rangers. Finally, he   sets the record straight on the battles of the legendary Captain Jack   Hays.  Through extensive use of primary military documents and first-person   accounts, Moore provides a clear view of life as a frontier fighter in the   Republic of Texas. The reader will find herein numerous and painstakingly   recreated muster rolls, as well as casualty lists and a compilation of 1841   rangers and minutemen. For the exacting historian or genealogist of early   Texas, the Savage Frontier series is an indispensable resource on   early   nineteenth-century Texas frontier warfare.

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